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Collection of 32 drawings and 6 works on paper

Artist: Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992)

Location: Tate

Date: 1950 - 1959

Materials: oil, pen & graphite on paper

Grant:

Amount Paid: £50,000 (Total: £249,000)

Vendor: Private collection (through Marlborough Fine Art)

Review number: 4455 (1997)

Provenance:
Given by artist to present owner in late 1950s/early 1960s

Description:
A group of 32 drawings mostly oil on paper. 6 works on paper including loose pages from a sketchbook and two pages from a boxing publication with illustrations of Jack Dempsey and Joe Beckett and Georges Carpentier over painted by Bacon.

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